Improvement in car-window shields



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcE..

HENRY s. HALE, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-WINDOW SHIELDS.

Speciicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 146,066, dated December 30, 1873; application filed August 15, 1873.

To all whom fit may concern:

-Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Car- Window Shield, of which the following is a specification The object of my invention is a car-window shield which can be readily folded up in a narrow compass, and as readily unfolded, and so adapted to the window of the car that it will prevent sparks from interfering with the comfort of the passenger seated near the Window, and this object I attain by the combination of a bar, A, to be fitted between the sill and sash of the window, with a number of wooden slats, B, (shown in an unfolded condition in the side view, Figure 1, of the accompanying drawing,)u the said bar and slats being so united to a iiexible backing that the whole can be folded up, as shown in the sectional plan view, Fig. 2. The bar A is provided, both at its upper and lower end, with a plate, a, having sharp-pointed teeth, which will penetrate the -under side of the sash E (shown by dotted lines) and the top of the sill D, (also indicated by broken lines,) the bar being eiiectually coniined between and prevented from turning on the said sash and sill. Both the bar and slats are cemented or otherwise secured to a backing of suitable fabric, (represented in the sectional plans, Figs. 2 and 3, bythe thick black line 00,) so `that the shield can be folded up in` one direction only. When folded out, as

` shown in Fig. 3, it may be maintained in this position` by a cross-bar, e, hinged by a central pin, f, to one of the slats, and, when in this rigid state, the shield can be readily secured to the window by placing the lower end of the y bar A on the sill and forcing the sash ontothe top of the bar, the shield projecting from the car and occupying such a position as to prevent the sparks from entering the window. When the shield has to be folded up, all that is necessary is to turn the bar c to a position parallel with the slats, when the latter may be coiled up, as in Fig. 2, tied with a string, and packed away in the passengers valise. In place of the bar e, an elastic cord, h, (shown in the perspective view, Fig. 4,) may extend from the outermost slat to th'e bar A, the tendency of the cord being to maintain the shield in its unfolded condition. A portion, h', of the same cord may be used for wrapping round the shield when it is folded up. If desired, the shield may be divided into two sections, as, for

instance, on the dotted line y, Fig. 4, the two sections being iitted together in any suitable manner.

I claim as my invention- A window-shield for railroadcars, consist i ing of the bar A, adapted to the window-slats 1 B, and elastic backing all combined subi stantially in` the manner described.

In testimony, whereof I have signed my naine to this specilication in the prescnceof i 

